Ino, Alabama

Ino is an unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama, United States.[1]

Ino, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Ino, Alabama
Ino, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°16′17″N 86°05′41″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyCoffee
Elevation
312 ft (95 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)334

History

Local tradition holds that the first postmaster assembled a group of people to suggest a name. All were talking at the same time, and one person kept saying "I know." The group proposed to call the post office "I know", but spell it Ino.[2][3] The post office was established in 1894, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.[4] Ino has been noted for its unusual place name.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ino, Alabama
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. "Towns have unusual beginning". Cherokee County Herald. February 22, 1989. pp. 7B. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. "Coffee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  5. Thompson, George E. (1 July 2009). You Live Where?: Interesting and Unusual Facts about where We Live. iUniverse. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-4401-3421-0.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.